The coupled δ13C-radiocarbon systematics of three Late Glacial/early Holocene speleothems; insights into soil and cave processes at climatic transitions

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 4321-4339

  Rudzka, D ^a   McDermott, F ^a   Baldini, L M ^b   Fleitmann, D ^c   Moreno, A ^d   Stoll, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; SOIL CARBON; SPELEOTHEM; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ASTURIAS; PINDAL CAVE; SPAIN;

EID: 79959752155     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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